How bad is Universal Healthcare when the leader of Canada has to come the USA to get heart surgery?

HA! I love this story, come on Dems lets see ya twist this one around, even the great and powerful Obama won't use the system he wants us to use, this Canadian won't use his own country's health care

Hurf durf.

Who the heck is the "leader of Canada"? Do you mean the Premier of Newfoundland?

Hey buddy, you're a liar. There is no significant medical tourism from Canada to the United States, and a single case here or there doesn't change that. But every year, thousands of Americans go to Thailand, India, and Mexico for major procedures because they can't afford the cost at home.

Every major survey of American health attitudes reveals that people hate their insurance companies. There is wide-spread support among the general public and among American doctors for a Canadian-style health care system, and if you strip out all of the emotional garbage and ask people about the details of the system itself, they support it. You are in the minority. You are the one forcing your wrong ideas down our throats. And we're not going to stand for it any more.

The US health care system is great, if you're the leader of Canada and have a couple million dollars to spend.

In case you haven't noticed, most folks don't have that kind of money.

Yeah, well, why don't YOU get that he's the leader of Canada, and can AFFORD the exorbitant cost that most Americans CAN'T?

no you don't get it -- if we pay double per citizen and don't live longer it is not better for the mass